Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Ryuu96 said:

S.Peelman said:

It's funny how Russia apparently hasn't realised yet what the rest of the world realised back in World War I; 18th and 19th century charge tactics don't work well against machine guns.

Truly is the only offensive tactic that Russia knows, they have the numbers so they don't care for the lives of their soldiers so just keep throwing endless waves of combatants at the enemy and hope sheer numbers overwhelm the enemy, pretty much their tactics since the Soviets. They'd be absolutely f*cking screwed as a country if they didn't have the number of bodies they do have.

It's frustrating to see Russia display that they don't give a single f*ck about the lives of their soldiers and yet still seeing Russians charge headfirst into their graves for Russia whilst at the same time whining that Russia doesn't care about them but not doing a thing about it. You'd think the smart thing to do now would be hunker down behind the defensive lines and wait for Ukraine to come to them but nope, we need to get a few kms extra of land no matter what.

Their propaganda and nationalism keeps enough of the civilians of Russia feel honoured to send their sons and husbands to the meat grinder with no other real mission but to murder and terrorize other human beings before their demise. They see this as a strength of their culture, not its fatal failing.

Putin sees himself as the exceptional Prince in Machiavellian literature.